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From: wilker@descartes.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson)
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Subject: Re: Workstation Data Integrity
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Date: 5 Sep 90 03:31:55 GMT
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I don't remember the exact rate but I thought that with 4 megs of
memory, one expected from alpha radiation alone one error per
two weeks.